Xiaoxi ancient town

Xiaoxi ancient town

Xiaoxi ancient town, also known as Tang Song ancient town, is one of the top ten ancient towns in Sichuan Province. It has a history of nearly a thousand years. It is located in the northeast of Guang'an District, Guang'an City, Sichuan Province. It is about 74 kilometers away from the urban area and 60 kilometers away from Deng Xiaoping's former residence. It borders Quxian County, Dazhou City, covering an area of 64 square kilometers with a population of 45000. Xiaoxi was called "longfengzhou" in ancient times. When Huguang filled Sichuan in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, there were Xiao family immigrants here, so it was called xiaojiaxi. So Xiaoxi town got its name. It was built in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. Due to the different architectural times, it formed a complex and complex. Unique architectural features, with a total construction area of 100000 square meters. Walking along the winding and flat country road into the ancient town, you can see that the mountain, water, town and temple are integrated here. Just as the couplet poem of the archway at the head of the ancient town says: "for a hundred years, you Huang has been in love with the remote streets, leading the landscape of Bayu alone. For thousands of years, you have been studying in China on the cliffs, and you have written about Yudian civilization.

In February 2020, in order to pay homage to the medical workers who are struggling in the front line of anti epidemic, Xiaoxi ancient town scenic area will be open again until December 31, 2020. Medical workers from all over the country will enter the park free of charge with valid certificates.

historical origin

Xiaoxi ancient town is well preserved, mainly including old street, new street and banbian street, which also has the beauty of architectural characteristics. The old street is its main street, which was built in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty. It was called "Longfeng state" in ancient times and "xiaojiaxichang".

The Bayu ancient road behind the street is the witness of the history of Xiaoxi ancient town. According to the inscriptions, this ancient road has existed since Xiaoxi had a water terminal, and the ancient road has a history earlier than the ancient town - this road is the throat of Dabashan Mountain area to Chongqing in history.

Geographical evolution

Xiaoxi ancient town is divided into new street and old street: New Street is a new street built in the past ten years, new buildings, new concrete street pavement, new houses, including government and enterprise units are built in the new street; while the old street is built by mountains and rivers, with a total length of more than 450 meters, north-south trend, spacious in the middle, gradually narrowed to both ends, forming a fishing boat shape; Xiaoxi ancient town from south to north looks like a fishing boat hundreds of meters long The ship is sailing. According to expert research, this is due to the influence of local wharf culture, which is a rare "dry boat" architectural wonder. Another feature of the old street is that the eaves are spacious, with the widest part reaching as much as eight meters on one side, forming a symmetrical shape, just like a long Pavilion, all covered. The streets of the ancient town are all paved with bluestone, which is antique, but with the extension of history, it has shown the long years and historical vicissitudes. There are hundreds of bungalows built along both sides of the street. Most of the houses are of Chuandou Xuanshan type roof, small green tile roof, and wooden structure with courtyard and single building as the main. Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings are generally of the pattern of one floor and one floor, front shop and back house. Most of them have patio; gray tiles and white walls have a strong folk style of southern Sichuan dwellings. The wooden pillars facing the street are straight or curved, supporting the spacious Pavilion. Some of the wooden columns seem to be bent and inclined, with a sense of crumbling. However, although it has experienced hundreds of years of wind and rain, it is as stable as a rock.

Economic situation

There is no industry in the ancient town. It is mainly business. Before liberation, relying on the water transportation wharf, it was a prosperous business distribution center in Dabashan area. Nearly a hundred Li people in the mountain area carried grain, local products and mountain goods to the ancient town for sale, and bought salt, cloth and other necessities urgently needed by the mountain people from the ancient town. Inns, teahouses, hotels, oil houses, drugstores, blacksmith shops, department stores, etc. in the ancient town provide places for people in the mountains to communicate and negotiate business with each other. The custom of going to the market, which has been followed so far, is a day when people in the ancient town gather and make noise: they or three or five relatives and friends gather together to drink tea, play cards, drink wine, chat, play games, watch a play, watch a lantern, or buy some wine Sell, leisurely and contented, unique taste, highlighting the rare feeling of ancient town people.

Due to its remote location, inconvenient transportation and backward economy, the ancient town seems desolate, but it does not lose the charm of desolation. On weekdays, there are few pedestrians in the ancient town. Occasionally, there are old people sitting on the bamboo "horse chair" to take a cool breath. The old women and women sit together in twos and threes, or fly needles, or chat, or play at home. The young children climb on the low wooden benches to do their homework, or play in the street. However, the excited cries of playing cards and playing mahjong come from the nearby houses from time to time At the market, people from the back of the town walk along the stone steps, carrying chickens, ducks and geese, pigs and sheep, carrying grain, mountain goods, vegetables and fruits. At noon, they invite some relatives and friends to have tea, or enter hotels and restaurants, order two dishes of wine and vegetables, cut half a catty of pig's ears and drink happily Happy The forthright, chivalrous and forthright character of the ancient town people is incisively and vividly displayed.

tourist resources

Xiaoxi ancient town is rich in tourism resources to be developed. In addition to Qujiang River water tourism, chongxiangsimo statues are commonly known as "dingxingyan stone carvings". Their large and small statues are vivid and exquisite, which have important historical, cultural and tourism development value. The ancient town is surrounded by mountains and rivers, "bamboo forest, flowing water, people" and "small bridges, ferries, temples", forming a unique idyllic and landscape scenery, which makes visitors feel like a peaceful paradise. The people of the ancient town are simple and hospitable. No matter the old people, women or children, they are not wary of talking with them and always talk with them. If they take photos, they always cooperate actively and are not coy and artificial. They are willing to satisfy the desire of visitors from afar for novelty and exploration. The steamed catfish in Xiaoxi, a delicacy of the ancient town, is unique in color, aroma and taste. It is a must for visitors to visit Xiaoxi. When you taste it, you can focus on the freshness and delicious of Dahe fish, which is also recorded in the history books of Song Dynasty as "fish steaming". Xiaoxi Rouge radish, also known as "touxinhong", originated from Yanjiang village of Dongyang and Chongyang in Xiaoxi, and then gradually expanded to Baohe township of Quxian county. The product is characterized by bright red color and red inside and outside. The pickled vegetables are very crisp, and the brine is blood red; the processed pickled vegetables are fragrant. It is an excellent raw material for extracting natural pigment and creating green food. There are also simple shops in the ancient town, where you can eat unique rice noodles, small steamers, sausage steamers, ribs steamers, and white cakes that you can see steaming. It tastes different from what you buy outside. That's the real white cake. You can also go to the teahouse to have tea, listen to the old people there, and enjoy the delicious food by the river. You can eat the big fish in the river. It's delicious. The meat is smooth and tender, and there are no small spines. It's guaranteed that those who don't like fish want to eat Xiaoxi and preserved eggs. This is the predecessor of salted preserved eggs. Many people feel that salted preserved eggs are not so delicious when they go to the market and buy tofu Yes, absolutely. It's made by yourself. It's a must.

There are numerous historical and cultural sites and natural landscapes in Xiaoxi. But the most important is "ten ancient rivers and one river". Ten ancient are: Ancient Road, ancient town, ancient street, ancient bridge, ancient plaque, ancient temple, ancient stone carving, ancient cliff cave, ancient city and ancient tomb. One river is the beautiful Qu River.

Ancient road

Since the water wharf in Xiaoxi, there has been this ancient road, which is the throat of the ancient Bayu Road (Bazhong to Chongqing) in history. Starting from zhongjiayan, walking down the ancient stone road from top to bottom, you can see a strange stone about seven or eight meters in diameter. Because its shape is not only like an ancient round bell, but also like a big drum, the "bell drum stone" gets its name. It is said that there is a loud sound in the night sky when the moon is full.

About 30 meters down the Zhonggu stone is a "wordless stele" that looks like a pedestal but actually has no stele. It is said that in ancient times, due to the rainstorm, the flood of Qujiang River surged, and the highest water level reached this monument, which was 50 meters away from the surface of Qujiang River. Because of the flood, the people suffered, the loss of life and property can not be expressed in words and language, so later generations set up this wordless monument to remember the suffering of the flood.

ancient town

According to the architectural style, it can be divided into two parts: one is the ancient town in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, the other is the old street and banbian street in the Republic of China. The whole ancient town is roughly north-south, with a total length of about 750 meters. The old street of the ancient town is connected by an ancient bridge. After 1993, in order to protect the ancient town and develop Xiaoxi, the local government planned to build a new market town in zhongjiayan, which is the seat of Xiaoxi town government. It is listed as a key small town in Sichuan Province.

The total construction area of the ancient town is more than 10000 square meters. With its large scale, reasonable planning, excellent architecture and unique style, the ancient town can be called a unique one in East Sichuan. On the zhongjiayan in front of the ancient road, you can have a panoramic view of it, like a boat. According to experts, there are two ancient towns with boat shape in Sichuan. One is on the island of a river in Western Sichuan, which is called water boat; the other is Xiaoxi town on the Bank of Qujiang River, which is called dry boat. The two boats echo each other from afar, leaving a beautiful legend.

Ancient street

The streets of Xiaoxi ancient town are different from other ancient streets. It has a streamline north-south trend, reaching zhongjiayan in the South and Xiangshui River in the north. The total length is about 450 meters. It is high in the West and low in the East. It is built close to the mountains. It is a progressive layout. The street surface is paved with bluestone slabs, and the North-South section extends slightly to the West. Its biggest characteristic is that it is narrow at the north and south ends and wide in the middle. The street houses are made of wood beams, with small green tile roof and single eaves suspended Hill roof. They are divided into two types: one floor, one floor and one bungalow. The left and right steps form a spacious corridor with unique style

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